(a) The General Assembly recognizes that in order to provide for appropriate health care for all Arkansans: (1) Personal care service providers are a vital component in the recovery from an illness or an injury; (2) Sufficient personal care service providers should be available to meet the needs of all eligible recipients; and (3) Personal care service providers should be allowed to provide in-home personal care service to eligible recipients twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to: (1) Allow a private care agency to provide in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to eligible recipients; (2) Provide for the reimbursement of the personal care services through Medicaid; and (3) Authorize the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Arkansas Medicaid Program to set forth Medicaid provider participation requirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (c) This subchapter does not supersede department rules that establish monthly benefit limits and prior authorization requirements. (d) The department is not required to reimburse a private care agency for twenty-four-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week personal care services. Acts 2009, No. 5, § 1. (a) The General Assembly recognizes that in order to provide for appropriate health care for all Arkansans: (1) Personal care service providers are a vital component in the recovery from an illness or an injury; (2) Sufficient personal care service providers should be available to meet the needs of all eligible recipients; and (3) Personal care service providers should be allowed to provide in-home personal care service to eligible recipients twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to: (1) Allow a private care agency to provide in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to eligible recipients; (2) Provide for the reimbursement of the personal care services through Medicaid; and (3) Authorize the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Arkansas Medicaid Program to set forth Medicaid provider participation requirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (c) This subchapter does not supersede department rules that establish monthly benefit limits and prior authorization requirements. (d) The department is not required to reimburse a private care agency for twenty-four-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week personal care services. Acts 2009, No. 5, § 1. (a) The General Assembly recognizes that in order to provide for appropriate health care for all Arkansans: (1) Personal care service providers are a vital component in the recovery from an illness or an injury; (2) Sufficient personal care service providers should be available to meet the needs of all eligible recipients; and (3) Personal care service providers should be allowed to provide in-home personal care service to eligible recipients twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to: (1) Allow a private care agency to provide in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to eligible recipients; (2) Provide for the reimbursement of the personal care services through Medicaid; and (3) Authorize the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Arkansas Medicaid Program to set forth Medicaid provider participation requirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (c) This subchapter does not supersede department rules that establish monthly benefit limits and prior authorization requirements. (d) The department is not required to reimburse a private care agency for twenty-four-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week personal care services. Acts 2009, No. 5, § 1. (a) The General Assembly recognizes that in order to provide for appropriate health care for all Arkansans: (1) Personal care service providers are a vital component in the recovery from an illness or an injury; (2) Sufficient personal care service providers should be available to meet the needs of all eligible recipients; and (3) Personal care service providers should be allowed to provide in-home personal care service to eligible recipients twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (1) Personal care service providers are a vital component in the recovery from an illness or an injury; (2) Sufficient personal care service providers should be available to meet the needs of all eligible recipients; and (3) Personal care service providers should be allowed to provide in-home personal care service to eligible recipients twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to: (1) Allow a private care agency to provide in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to eligible recipients; (2) Provide for the reimbursement of the personal care services through Medicaid; and (3) Authorize the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Arkansas Medicaid Program to set forth Medicaid provider participation requirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (1) Allow a private care agency to provide in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to eligible recipients; (2) Provide for the reimbursement of the personal care services through Medicaid; and (3) Authorize the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Arkansas Medicaid Program to set forth Medicaid provider participation requirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (c) This subchapter does not supersede department rules that establish monthly benefit limits and prior authorization requirements. (d) The department is not required to reimburse a private care agency for twenty-four-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week personal care services. Acts 2009, No. 5, § 1.
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